Halopedia:Projects/Installation 04 Mapping
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The Installation 04 Mapping Project aims to cross-reference material from the various games and written material available to attempt to create a comprehensive geographical plan of Installation 04 for it's various related pages. As this will involve detailed examinations of all of this material, it will likely spoil details from those pieces of media.
Goals
Current research
Several sources have started to create a more defined picture of Alpha Halo. As such, we can begin to cross reference this information to form a more cohesive look at the installation.
Official maps
To begin with, here are the textures of the ring from Halo: Campaign Evolved.
Resources
Primary resources
- Halo: Combat Evolved - Set on and around the ring, Halo: Combat Evolved gives a detailed and the first look at the ring.
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary - Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary does largely the same thing as the original game, though with some changes here and there.
- Halo: The Flood - A novelization of Halo: Combat Evolved, the book follows the plot of the original game with extra details.
- Halo: Reach - Although not as detailed as other the other titles, Halo: Reach has several experiences related to Installation 04.
- RISK: Halo: Legendary Edition - Features several playable, labelled boards of Installation 04.
- Halo: Fireteam Raven - A parallel story to Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo: The Flood
- Halo: Campaign Evolved - A complete reimagining of Halo: Combat Evolved featuring new information and a new version of the ring.
Additional resources
- Halo Graphic Novel - A features two short stories set around the time of the Battle of Installation 04.
- Halo 5: Guardians - Features two maps set above and on Installation 04, though in simulation.
- Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition) - Features some details about the installation and it's topography.
Books
Chapter headings
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Games
RISK: Halo: Legendary Edition
The game boards for Installation 04 included in RISK.
The game boards "Hammer" and "Anvil" included in RISK, which can combine to create a Forge World-inspired map.
Locational hierarchy
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Halo: Campaign Evolved
Environment Details
A view of the ring on CEV:Halo.
A view of the ring on CEV:Halo.
A view of the ring on CEV:Halo.
A view of the ring on CEV:The Silent Cartographer.
A view of the ring on CEV:The Silent Cartographer.
A view of the ring on CEV:The Silent Cartographer.
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Orbital views
The ring from orbit on CEV:The Pillar of Autumn.
The ring exploding from a close orbit on CEV:The Maw
The ring exploding from orbit on CEV:The Maw
Confirmed information
- The map Tempest is along one of the edges of the ring.
- The Legendary ending for CEV:The Maw, although written mostly in a joking manner, does show the Autumn's Fusion drive detonating in the desert visible near the Silent Cartographer.
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Discrepancies
Depictions
- Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo: Reach - Installation 04 is depicted with the same surface features in both Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo: Reach.
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary - The Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo: Reach surface design was used as a basis for a slightly different version of the ring texture in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
- RISK: Halo: Legendary Edition - The large board for Risk design not match any previous or post-release design.
Halo: Combat Evolved ring texture.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary ring texture.
Other
- In CE:Halo, Cortana says:
"New traffic on the Covenant battlenet. I've found Captain Keyes! He's being held on a Covenant cruiser, the Truth and Reconciliation, a ship I disabled before we abandoned the Autumn. The Truth and Reconciliation touched down on a desert plateau roughly three hundred kilometers up-spin."
- This would confirm the relative position of Halo to CE:The Truth and Reconciliation. However, this line does not appear in Halo: The Flood nor is it in CEV:Halo.
Using above info
Locational hierarchy
Based on everything above, here is the hierarchy for surface locations on Installation 04.
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Applying to visual media
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Theorycrafting
- During the level HFR:Rubble, Wellsley says "Proceed with the convoy to Alpha Base. Major Silva will brief you when you arrive.". HFR:Alpha Base takes place in a desert environment. Given the implication that Fireteam Raven drove to Alpha Base, this implies it is in the same desert as the Autumn's crash site.
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Cleanup
Locations
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See also
Sources
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